potârniche

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Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *peturnīcula. Compare Aromanian pitruniclji.

The oldest attested form may be пътꙋᵖɴике (/pəturˈnike/ or in modernised spelling păturniche), found as a surname in a document from Suceava dated to 1597.[1] For the modern standard potârniche, note that /o/ can develop from /ə/ when preceded by a labial, as in porumb, boteza < părumb, băteza < palumbus, baptizāre. /ə/ in turn can develop from an older /e/ when preceded by a labial, as in păcurar, păcat < pecurar, pecat < pecorārius, peccātum.[2] (From păcurar there also arose a variant pocurar.)[3]

Noun

potârniche f (plural potârnichi)

  1. partridge (a bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative potârniche potârnichea potârnichi potârnichile
genitive-dative potârnichi potârnichii potârnichi potârnichilor
vocative potârniche, potârnicheo potârnichilor

References

  1. ^ Petriceicu-Hasdeu, Bogdan. 1878. Cuvente den bătrâni: Limba română vorbită între 1550–1600. Page 76.
  2. ^ Candrea-Hecht, Ion Aurel. 1902. Les éléments latins de la langue roumaine: Le consonantisme. Paris: Bouillon. Page 39.
  3. ^ păcurar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)